Multiple address tape holder



M. J. JARVA MULTIPLE ADDRESS TAPE HOLDER May 16, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 10, 1946 xxx Ave 000E 5 u s. A

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MULTIPLE ADDRESS TAPE HOLDER Filed Oct. 10, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 16, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MULTIPLE ADDRESS TAPE HOLDER Maria Joan J arva, Duluth, Minn. Application October 10, 1946, Serial No. 702,425

1 Claim.

1 This invention relates to a tape holder unit for use by secretaries, post ofiice employees, and the like while checking lists of addresses, names, or the like contained on rolls of tape.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a unit for holding rolls of printed tape so that one may conveniently check and/or correct lists of names or the like, or type from said lists while it is being held in an exceptionally desirable position for accomplishing same.

Another object is to provide the unit with means for winding the tape in either direction for convenience in using same by either a right or a left handed person.

Still another object is to provide such a device that may be used with any common width of tape and with tape on which indicia are printed either longitudinally or transversely, it being readily adjustable for either vertical or horizontal positioning.

Another object is to provide a novel selective auxiliary base portion which may accommodate the holder in inclined position,

Other objects and advantages may appear as the description of the invention progresses.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the holder as functioning on its common stand.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the holder on the line 2-2 Fig. 1 with the tape removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view on the line 3-3 Fig. 2 with the uppermost cross arm in position.

Fig. 4 is a combined front elevational and sectional view of the tape holder and base respec-- tively, for holding an address tape with the indicia transverse same.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an auxiliary base section for optionally supporting the holder in inclined position.

Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of the tape holder as applied to the auxiliary base.

In the drawing, 1 represents the base portion for the holder, it being of suitable weight to provide stable support for same and having suitable felt or rubber pads 22 to prevent scratching or marring a desk or table surface while it is being used.

Fixed to or integral with the base portion i are the auxiliary standard 3, the full purpose of which will be explained later, and the upright supports 4-4 for supporting the tape holding portion of the unit.

The tape holding portion comprises the lower cross arm 5 which is removably carried on said upright supports 4-4, the upper cross arm 6 telescopically mounted upon the lower cross arm as at l, the telescopic reels 8-8 and their respective winding mechanisms 9-9, and the detachable guide which comprises the flat relatively large backing portion in, the edges of which are slightly arcuate as at H and has spaced, approximately the thickness of the tape only, from the front thereof the upstanding guiding fingers 12-42 intermediate of which one may easily write additions or corrections on the tape using the backing portion 10 as a supporting surface. The guide is slidably detachably carried upon the cross arm 5 as by the split or two-part individual base portion indicated at lt-l'3 which irictionally contact the arm 5 intermediate of its spaced telescopic members l4l4.

From the above it is apparent that varied vertical adjustability exists in order to accommodate diiierent widths of tape and that the telescopic arrangement of tape holding reels will readily permit of same, while the telescopic mounting of the uppermost transverse bar will readily cooperate with such adjustment. Being mounted upon the square spindle 1, it insures proper alignment at all times of the reels and also provides rigidity to the cross arm 6 as the tape is being wound.

Rolls of address tape may be installed by slightly raising each end of the upper cross arm 6, which is of suitable spring material, and has installed thereupon suitable reel axles l5l5. The lower cross arm 5 carries the winding mechanisms 99 which have suitable key journals i6|6, the upper ends of which engage a similarly shaped slot in the bottom section of the telescopic reels in turning same in either direction.

A novel feature of the instant invention is that it may be used for holding rolls of tape which are printed either longitudinally or transversely as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4 respectively of the drawings. In using the device as shown in Fig. l, the auxiliary standard 3 has a suitably sized socket l1 into which either end of the lower cross arm 5 will snugly fit for holding the tape holding portion in vertical position after it has been removed from the supports 4-4. To further augment the convenience of the device when used vertically as above, the guide Iii may be carried on either side of the cross arm 5 so that the crank handles may be positioned for convenient operation by either a right or a left handed person.

Another novel provision of the invention is the auxiliary base portion shown in Fig. 5, which provides for holding the device in an inclined position if it is so desired. Of course, if preferred, it is obvious that the main base portion I of the device could be constructed so as to support the holder in an inclined position without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A device for carrying tape on rolls comprising a base, a cross arm carried in horizontal position by said base, a spindle carried substantially cen-,- trally of said arm and extending upwardly therefrom, said spindle being of a cross-section other than round, a socket member telescopically car: ried on said spindle and having a socket of a shape and size to receive said'spindle so as to be non-rotatable thereon, a second cross arm rigidly carried by said socket member and extending in substantially'parallel alinement with 4 first said cross arm, a tape holding reel carried intermediate said arms adjacent each outer end thereof, means to rotate said reels to move tape carried thereby from one of said reels to the other, and said reels being removable from between said arms by the sliding of said socket member outwardly on said spindle.

MARIA JOAN JARVA.

The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,5 3,6Z9 Downing May 19, 1925 1,984,199 OBrien Dec. 11, 1934 2,260Q787 Nichols et a1 Oct. 28, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 661,146 France Mar. 4, 1929 

